FINAL DESIGN OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF BILWI

The work carried out consisted of the drafting/elaboration of the Final Design of the Wastewater Treatment System (PTAR of Bilwi). The planned works consist of the following actions: The Bilwi PTAR has been designed for a flow of 15,769.7 m3/day; that is 164,264 inhabitants with an endowment of 120/l/day/inhabitant. As for the treatment line, it […]

DAMPING OF MACRO RAIN DRAINAGE

This project of damping works of the macro storm drainage in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (AMSS) establishes the development of lagoons and SUDS as the proposal to mitigate the effects of river flooding in the urban area. Criteria are presented: economic-financial, socio-political, environmental and hydrological-hydraulic; to limit the typology and location. The joint […]

MASTER PLAN FOR RAINWATER MANAGEMENT

PLAN MAESTRO PARA LA GESTIÓN DE AGUAS

The Master Plan for the Sustainable Management of Rainwater in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (AMSS) was created with the fundamental objective of establishing the actions necessary for the proper functioning of rainwater drainage in the AMSS. The work carried out consisted of drafting the referenced project for the Lamination Dams called “Colonia Luz”, […]

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY OF ILOPANGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The work carried out consisted of the preparation of the Environmental Impact Study according to the terms of reference issued by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), including: Description of the project and its alternatives. Study of the legal and environmental regulations applicable to the activity. Description, characterization and quantification of the […]

PROJECT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BIESCAS MOUNTAINS

The work carried out consisted of the drafting of the forest management document of the Biescas mountains group, including the field work with the survey of plots for the realization of the statistical forest inventory of the trees. The drafting of the paper included mapping. The main features of the project are: The total area […]

SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE NETWORK OF RECREATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES AND TRAILS

In this work for the Ministry of Agriculture we worked both with the mapping of the recreational facilities managed with the GVA and with the layer of trails (GRs, PRs and SLs) of the three provinces of the Valencian Community. With regard to the recreational facilities layer, the following work was carried out: Compilation of […]

NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY OF EL SALVADOR

INVENTARIO NACIONAL DE BOSQUES

VIELCA planned, coordinated and executed the first National Forest Inventory of El Salvador, a pioneering and highly difficult task due to the country’s characteristics. A total of 270 plots of land were erected, with their corresponding social coordination, distributed among the different vegetation strata, such as secondary forest, coniferous forest, shady coffee plantations and mangrove […]

ENVIRONMENTAL ZONING OF THE GULF OF FONSECA

In this work, the environmental zoning of the Unit La Unión – Gulf of Fonseca was developed, following the requirements of Salvadoran environmental legislation. For this purpose, a complete multisectoral and integrated territorial diagnosis was carried out on a scale of 1:25.000, including a land-use map and the implementation of a probe made for the […]

FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SANT MATEU AND VALL D’ALBA

These two works were also pioneers in the area of the Valencian Community, as they were the first to be carried out. These are tactical planning documents based on “PATFOR” and lay the foundation for the development of operational forest planning tools (technical forest management plans and forest management projects). Since these plans are subject […]